North Manchester General Hospital - Resuscitaire

UPDATE: This equipment was delivered in 2010.

Over the next five years Children’s Services in Greater Manchester will be transformed as part of the Making it Better Strategy. The opening of the New Children’s Hospital in central Manchester will transform services for children in the region, and will absorb many of the specialist services formerly offered at Booth Hall and Pendlebury.

Many of the local services for children and babies that were provided by Booth Hall and Fairfield Hospital will stay in North Manchester and a new Women and Children’s Unit is being built to handle the increased number of patients. This will be a purpose-built unit to be completed in 2010. 

The medical team at North Manchester has identified the equipment needed, and there is a shortfall in the funding available. We have agreed to provide equipment to ensure that the new unit at North Manchester can take its place within the region as a top quality health care provider.

The Resuscitaire is a purpose-built trolley, which contains vital oxygen and ventilation facilities along with suction and overhead heaters. These are used whenever a baby requires any form of immediate support following delivery. If a baby has difficulty breathing, or if heart rate or temperature are low, the resuscitaire has all necessary technology to help. Providing this medical support within the first few moments can have a significant impact on the long term condition of the baby, and dramatically reduces the mortality rate.

The Resuscitaire costs £10,000.